STANFORD admits 2,430 applicants for Class of 2010

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<p>Stanford Report, March 31, 2006</p>

<p>Stanford offers admission to 2,430 applicants</p>

<p>The Office of Undergraduate Admission announced today that 2,430 freshman applicants have been admitted to Stanford.</p>

<p>Letters of acceptance are being mailed to 1,578 students admitted through the Regular Review process. Follow-up letters also have been sent to another 852 students previously offered admission through Stanford's Single-Choice Early Action program, a non-binding early admission program for students who have clearly identified Stanford as their first-choice school.</p>

<p>All admitted students have until May 1 to decide whether to accept the offers.</p>

<p>The total number of applications increased significantly this year, rising above 22,000 for the first time in university history. The admission rate was the lowest ever, with slightly less than 11 percent of the 22,332 applicants admitted. Last year, 2,412 students were offered admission out of a pool of 20,194 applicants—an admission rate of just under 12 percent.</p>

<p>"We were in awe of the quality of this group of applicants," said Richard H. Shaw, dean of undergraduate admission and financial aid. "They are an incredibly bright, talented and accomplished group of students. We deeply appreciate their interest in Stanford and the time and effort they gave to the application process. In turn, we gave each individual consideration in what was a very competitive evaluation process."</p>

<p>The academic credentials of the admitted applicants are stellar, Shaw said. More than 90 percent of those for whom class rankings were reported ranked within the top 10 percent of their high school class, and nearly 80 percent have a grade point average of 4.0 or higher. All 50 states and 63 foreign countries are represented in this group.</p>

<p>"Given what they have accomplished already, the Class of 2010 will, no doubt, continue Stanford's strong tradition of academic excellence, love of learning and commitment to others," Shaw said. "We look forward to welcoming them to campus for Admit Weekend, and we hope they will choose to spend their undergraduate years at Stanford."</p>

<p>All prospective students who gained admission have been invited to visit campus during Admit Weekend, April 20-22, to explore the university and to meet their future classmates.</p>

<p><a href="http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/april5/admit-040506.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/april5/admit-040506.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>10.9%...</p>

<p>It essentially means that Shaw projects the same yield rate as last year, even though apps went up.</p>

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<p>The number admitted projects a 67.2% yield rate - down slightly from last year, assuming (1) a class size the same as last year's 1,633, and (2) zero use of the waitlist. Last year, 13 students were admitted from the waitlist.</p>

<p>The story misstates some of the admit numbers from last year, overlooking the fact that waitlist admits are, in fact, additional admits. There were 2,426 admits last year, for an admit rate of just OVER 12%.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/#admission%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/#admission&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>What's the breakdown for RD and EA, then?</p>

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<p>At Stanford last year, the SCEA yield rate was about 88%, and the RD yield rate was about 55.7%.</p>

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<p>for those waitlisted, what is the appeal process?</p>